On 11/30/06, cmo1@libero.it <cmo1@libero.it> wrote:
> Thank you Brian
>
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> From : "Brian Durant" interlists@gmail.com
> To : "cmo1@libero.it" cmo1@libero.it
> Cc : debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date : Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:03:30 +0100
> Subject : Re: Media player
>
> > I have been experiencing similar problems with Debian Etch (rc1)
> > repositories mentioned at Debian : http://www.debian.co.uk/
> >
> > It sure would be nice if there was a Debian version of this
> > "source-o-matic" sources.list generator:
> >
> > http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic
> >
> > and/or a Debian version of EasyUbuntu:
> >
> > http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/index.html
> >
> > and/or Automatix2: http://www.getautomatix.com/
> >
> > I don't know if the repositories have been taken off line or if the
> > structure of the repositories has been changed since the howtos were
> > made. Very frustrating.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On 11/29/06, cmo1@libero.it <cmo1@libero.it> wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > > I've solved my problem on apt-get...simply reading how to on Debian site, sorry.
> > > Now, I would like to have a media player for video streaming on my debian pc, how can i do?
> > > I have found this http://www.bxlug.be/articles/129
> > > Trying add this
> > > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
> > > in sources.list file and doing apt-get update then apt-get realplayer, it doen't work...
> > > Can you me?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Carmelo

So, now that this problem is solved, I still need to deal with the
original issue I posted about, which succinctly put is that I am a
newbie mucking around trying to get all of the multimedia goodies
installed. I have Helix and I have installed the w32codex, gstreamer,
etc. However, Either I haven't installed everything or I have
installed something that I shouldn't have.

I get the following from the gnome-cd player:

Error playing CD.

Reason: Resource busy or not available.

Goobox can't even find the CD (plus sometimes quits as soon as it
starts) and Rythmbox and VLC refuse to play any audio files,
regardless of whether they are .ogg, .mp3, etc.

I thought I was just following the process for get multimedia to work,
but there is definitely something not right here. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Brian


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On my box, for some reason, only in the last two days, totem-xine freezes
without ever displaying a window. Etch, xorg+icewm, totem from the
Marillat archive. Any suggestions?
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Brian Durant wrote:

> So, now that this problem is solved, I still need to deal with the
> original issue I posted about, which succinctly put is that I am a
> newbie mucking around trying to get all of the multimedia goodies
> installed. I have Helix and I have installed the w32codex, gstreamer,
> etc. However, Either I haven't installed everything or I have
> installed something that I shouldn't have.
>
> I get the following from the gnome-cd player:
>
> Error playing CD.
>
> Reason: Resource busy or not available.
>
> Goobox can't even find the CD (plus sometimes quits as soon as it
> starts) and Rythmbox and VLC refuse to play any audio files,
> regardless of whether they are .ogg, .mp3, etc.
>
> I thought I was just following the process for get multimedia to work,
> but there is definitely something not right here. Any ideas?
>

Yes, make sure that your user is in the audio and cdrom groups. Have
you read this? http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ

NB Automatix is quite well known for breaking stuff.


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Hi Antony,

On 12/1/06, Antony Gelberg <antony@wayforth.co.uk> wrote:
> Brian Durant wrote:
>
> > So, now that this problem is solved, I still need to deal with the
> > original issue I posted about, which succinctly put is that I am a
> > newbie mucking around trying to get all of the multimedia goodies
> > installed. I have Helix and I have installed the w32codex, gstreamer,
> > etc. However, Either I haven't installed everything or I have
> > installed something that I shouldn't have.
> >
> > I get the following from the gnome-cd player:
> >
> > Error playing CD.
> >
> > Reason: Resource busy or not available.
> >
> > Goobox can't even find the CD (plus sometimes quits as soon as it
> > starts) and Rythmbox and VLC refuse to play any audio files,
> > regardless of whether they are .ogg, .mp3, etc.
> >
> > I thought I was just following the process for get multimedia to work,
> > but there is definitely something not right here. Any ideas?
> >
>
> Yes, make sure that your user is in the audio and cdrom groups. Have
> you read this? http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ

I hadn't seen it before, but now that I have glanced at it, I don't
believe it has relevance for me as my system sounds work and until I
started trying to get .mp3 working, both Rythmbox, Goobox, etc. worked
fine, but could only rip .ogg files.

When I run Goobox from terminal, I get the following, unfortunately as
a newbie, It could just as easily be Greek:

$ goobox
$1 =
$1 =
$2 =
$3 =
$4 =

** (goobox:4805): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
osssink doesn't work

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_bin_add_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_1)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_set_state: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_pad_query: assertion
`GST_IS_PAD (pad)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_pad_query: assertion
`GST_IS_PAD (pad)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_pad_convert: assertion
`GST_IS_PAD (pad)' failed

(goobox:4805): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get: assertion
`G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_set_state: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed

** (goobox:4805): CRITICAL **: cddb_slave_client_query: assertion
`discid != NULL' failed
$1 =
$1 =
$2 =
$3 =
$4 =

** (goobox:4805): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
osssink doesn't work

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_bin_add_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_1)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
$1 =
$1 =
$2 =
$3 =
$4 =

** (goobox:4805): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
osssink doesn't work

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_bin_add_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_1)' failed

(goobox:4805): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
Segmentation fault

Rhythmbox is silent as the grave.

GNOME CD Player, likewise.

> NB Automatix is quite well known for breaking stuff.

I have only heard positive things about both EasyUbuntu and Automatix,
but maybe only from people that haven't tried it themselves???

Cheers,

Brian


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On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:49 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> I hadn't seen it before, but now that I have glanced at it, I don't
> believe it has relevance for me as my system sounds work and until I
> started trying to get .mp3 working, both Rythmbox, Goobox, etc. worked
> fine, but could only rip .ogg files.

[..]

> ** (goobox:4805): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
> osssink doesn't work

From this, I'm guessing that you're running the GNOME sound server, esd,
and for some reason GStreamer isn't set up using esd or autodetect.

Make sure gstreamer0.10-esd and gstreamer0.8-esd are installed. (Running
dpkg -l packagename from a terminal should show this.)

Launch gstreamer-properties and try setting Audio Output to Autodetect
or esd (or esound, not sure what it's called).

If none of the above works, please run
gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
and
gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink
from a terminal and paste the output in a mail back to the list.

Hope this s,

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On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 23:00 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> Neither of these were installed. I installed them both and now GNOME
> CD, Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer seem to work fine. GNOME CD player
> plays CD's and Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer play both CD's and .mp3
> files. Goobox however, crashes immediately on startup. When I start it
> from the command line I get the following:

[...]

> ** (goobox:5022): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
> osssink doesn't work

[...]

> It looks to me to be the same message as before - correct?
>
> > Launch gstreamer-properties and try setting Audio Output to Autodetect
> > or esd (or esound, not sure what it's called).
> >
> > If none of the above works, please run
> > gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
> > and
> > gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink
> > from a terminal and paste the output in a mail back to the list.
>
> Are any of the above relevant for the Goobox issue or am I into
> something else now?

Yes, it looks like everything is set up okay for the applications using
GStreamer 0.10 (all of the above, except Goobox it seems).

I _think_ this should work, run

gconftool-2 -t string --set /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
esdsink

from a terminal. I have no idea why this isn't set up in a sane way out
of the box.

By the way, no need to reply to me directly, I'm subscribed to the
list :-)

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On 12/2/06, Brian Durant <interlists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sven,
>
> On 12/1/06, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 23:00 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> > > Neither of these were installed. I installed them both and now GNOME
> > > CD, Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer seem to work fine. GNOME CD player
> > > plays CD's and Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer play both CD's and .mp3
> > > files. Goobox however, crashes immediately on startup. When I start it
> > > from the command line I get the following:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > ** (goobox:5022): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and
> > > osssink doesn't work
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > It looks to me to be the same message as before - correct?
> > >
> > > > Launch gstreamer-properties and try setting Audio Output to Autodetect
> > > > or esd (or esound, not sure what it's called).
> > > >
> > > > If none of the above works, please run
> > > > gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
> > > > and
> > > > gconftool-2 --get /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink
> > > > from a terminal and paste the output in a mail back to the list.
> > >
> > > Are any of the above relevant for the Goobox issue or am I into
> > > something else now?
> >
> > Yes, it looks like everything is set up okay for the applications using
> > GStreamer 0.10 (all of the above, except Goobox it seems).
> >
> > I _think_ this should work, run
> >
> > gconftool-2 -t string --set /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
> > esdsink
>
> Hmmm. I got an error when I ran that:
>
> ~$ gconftool-2 -t string --set /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink
> No value to set for key: `/system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink'

Whoops, my fault. A return character crept into the command. However,
there still seems to be a problem. When I try to play a CD after
having started Goobox form command line, I get the following:

:~$ goobox
$1 =
$1 =
$1 =
$2 =
$3 =
$4 =
$1 =
$1 =

(goobox:4610): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
$1 =
$1 =
$1 =
$2 =
$3 =
$4 =
$1 =
$1 =

(goobox:4610): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
`GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
Segmentation fault

Goobox still crashes. The difference is that before it was when I
started the app. Now it crashes when I try to play a CD. I am not sure
what difference that makes, but I thought it might be important.

Cheers,

Brian


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On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 19:35 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> Whoops, my fault. A return character crept into the command. However,
> there still seems to be a problem. When I try to play a CD after
> having started Goobox form command line, I get the following:
>
> :~$ goobox
> $1 =
> $1 =
> $1 =
> $2 =
> $3 =
> $4 =
> $1 =
> $1 =
>
> (goobox:4610): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
> `GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
> $1 =
> $1 =
> $1 =
> $2 =
> $3 =
> $4 =
> $1 =
> $1 =
>
> (goobox:4610): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_link_many: assertion
> `GST_IS_ELEMENT (element_2)' failed
> Segmentation fault
>
> Goobox still crashes. The difference is that before it was when I
> started the app. Now it crashes when I try to play a CD. I am not sure
> what difference that makes, but I thought it might be important.

Sounds like you're affected by this bug,
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385322

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